U.S. Coast GuardU.S. Coast GuardPartnering in OceaniaPartnering in Oceania

• Search and Rescue Operations

• Maritime Surveillance

• Enforcement Operations

• Environmental Response Partnerships

U.S. Coast GuardU.S. Coast GuardPartnering in OceaniaPartnering in Oceania

Bilateral Enforcement Bilateral Enforcement U.S. Shiprider ProgramU.S. Shiprider Program

“[U.S. Shiprider Operations] are regarded as the most effective surface surveillance and response activity conducted by an external player.”

– Australian Strategic Policy Institute, May 2011

Cook Islands Boarding Operation supported by a USCG Boarding Team, November 2011

Nine Bilateral U.S. Shiprider Agreements

$5M in Revenue From Fines for Pacific Island Countries Since 2008

Bilateral Maritime SurveillanceBilateral Maritime SurveillanceUSCG Shiprider OperationsUSCG Shiprider Operations

Interdiction and Seizure in FSM EEZ

This trend indicates a marked increase in compliance attributed to law enforcement presence in the region

Shiprider operations occur in concert with USCG patrols of U.S. EEZs and surrounding high seas under Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)

A USCG Boarding Team Pictured with members of Kiribati Police and Ministry of Fisheries & Marine Resource Development

USCG & US Navy Joint OperationsUSCG & US Navy Joint OperationsOceania Maritime Security Initiative Oceania Maritime Security Initiative

“OPP” or “OMSI Phase I”

USCG enforcement liaison searching for illegal fishing vessels from aboard US Navy Ship

U.S. Coast GuardU.S. Coast GuardSearch and RescueSearch and Rescue

• “Preventive SAR”

• SAR Operations (air/surface)

• SAR Training

• SME Exchange

• Drift modeling

A Kiribati family of four missing at sea for six days was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard and Royal New Zealand Air Force.

350 NM

GUAM

INITIAL DISTRESS POSITION

• The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

• Convention to develop Protocol Concerning Co-operation in Combating Pollution Emergencies in the South Pacific Region (Formed during Noumea Convention, New Caledonia 1986)

• Charged by the governments and administrations of the Pacific region with the protection and sustainable development of the region's environment. 

• Supported by USCG District 14 and the Oceania Regional Response Team (ORRT)

• D14 Hosted latest SPREP workshop to develop PACIFIC ISLANDS REGIONAL MARINE SPILL CONTINGENCY PLAN (PACPLAN) – a template for Marine Environmental Response for Pacific Island Nations